Rayudu admitted however that the World Cup snub was disappointing. Indian skipper Virat Kohli had said that Rayudu was the solution to India's number 4 conundrum in October 2018 before things went downhill for him.

It is to be noted that midway during ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, Ambati Rayudu had announced his retirement after he was not chosen as a replacement for Shikhar Dhawan and Vijay Shankar despite being on the stand-by list.